Jabbery

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by jabbering.

    "The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter."

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"The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter."

Etymology

From jabber + -y.

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